5 important issues

[uncle23]

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pls weigh in on what you think are the most urgent issues in this election  and how each candidates stand on each...


i can not figure these out .... hence this querry..

[uncle23]

... example..

on national security how does each candidate differ from each other ?

same goes for health care, immigration and jobs...

any other ?

[djAdvocate]

foreign policy
fiscal policy (aka balance of payments)
corruption*
economic stratification
rethinking our prison system

*at the suggestion of uncle.  thanks.

[sesfw]

To me right now it doesn't really matter.

Last year I took a class in general politics and one of the questions asked of the instructor is:
How do we find a good person to vote for.


Answer:  ALL politicians lie .......... The only way to really know how they will turn out is look at and listen to their advisors and other people around them.  ie; jerks will hang out with jerks.

[billisonboard]

Four Supreme Court justices are over the age of 70: Stephen Breyer is 74, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia are 76 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pancreatic cancer survivor, is 79.


Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24737791.html#storylink=cpy

Wait, the article is three years old so add that to the ages.

[sesfw]

huh?

[djAdvocate]

Jan 3, 2016 19:07:53 GMT -5 sesfw said:

huh?

he is saying who the next president is will influence the bench hugely.  and he is probably correct.

[billisonboard]

Jan 3, 2016 19:07:53 GMT -5 sesfw said:

huh?

Presidents and their policies come and go - Justices (at seem to) and their rulings last forever.

[mroped]

1)Foreign policy - reduction of no of troops stationed abroad or closing even some bases on foreign soil
2) immigration- either a path to becoming citizens or removal/deportation of the undocumented immigrants depending on case.
3) economy- revisiting the economical treaties and make them fair for both sides or scraping them altogether and return to the custom taxation of goods entering US. Increase of minimum wages. If a private company receives subsidies or tax credits then bonuses to higher ups should be capped.
4) national security- instead of abroad deployments, the troops can be used as Border Patrol supplemental.
5)fiscal responsibility- a balanced budget would be nice

Nest in line would be the Tax Codes . They need to be thrown out and start from scratch!

[Deleted]

In alphabetical order (no other order of priority should be assumed or considered implied) this is the first 5 that come to mind:

• Abortion - someone that will push to federalize rules for abortion so states can't "red-tape" women's rights away.
  
• Foreign Policy - someone that can undo all the damage that Obama has done to our international reputation.
  
• Healthcare - someone that will repeal Obamacare and replace it with something that actually works.
  
• Separation of Church and State - someone that will fight to remove religion from government (no more "In God We Trust" on our currency or "Under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance).
  
• Term Limits for Politicians - someone that will fight FOR term limits. Being a politician was NEVER supposed to be a person's "permanent and only" job.

This is my "magical", "if the perfect candidate existed", "in a perfect world" list of 5 issues I'd like to be a priority for the winning candidate. If any candidate ever looks "good" on those positions they will automatically get my vote.


In all honesty though, I don't expect any winning candidate to espouse support for any of them.

[NoNamePerson]

I'll come back when we have 5 candidates that don't remind me of Curly, Larry, Moe, Frick and Frack and that includes both sides. It's sad that the current candidates are the best the US has to offer - says a lot!  OK back to regularly scheduled program 

[Shooby]

1.  National Security - Securing our OWN borders. No boots on the ground elsewhere until we are willing to take measures to secure ourselves.
2.  Immigration - We don't need more people pouring into this country.  Americans are having a hard time finding good jobs as it is.  It is'n't like there is some thriving economy in this country where we are pumping out goods.  We aren't.  LIMITED immigration is fine, IF AND ONLY IF, they follow the established rules to get here.  Otherwise, we should aggressively deport the lawbreakers.
3.  Economy - We have made a hostile environment for businesses.  Govt needs to get out of the way and let people help themselves.  I do agree that we should not allow imports if other countries are not allowing our exports.  It should "make sense" for companies to produce and sell goods on our own soil.  Raising the minimum wage will only push businesses further overseas.
4. Spending - Stop the idiocy.  Stop, stop , stop.  Let's have a real look at govt spending.
5. Entitlements - Too many people sitting on their cans getting paid to do nothing.  That needs to stop.

[uncle23]

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i'm surprised no one is mentioning guns yet....


edit: its probably implied under domestic violence...

[Shooby]

Jan 4, 2016 10:20:51 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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i'm surprised no one is mentioning guns yet....


edit: its probably implied under domestic violence...

I don't think guns are a problem.  

[mroped]

It is probably somewhere down on the list of priorities.
It is a gun culture and like it or not it will stay that way.
At this point I'm holding hope that in the future, the existing gun laws will be enforced. The one that we have right now, not new ones. As it were, there are laws but no one cares!

[dondub]

I don't think guns are a problem.

The real problem is the bullets leaving the guns.

[Shooby]

Jan 4, 2016 11:24:15 GMT -5 dondub said:

I don't think guns are a problem.

The real problem is the bullets leaving the guns.

Bullets don't leave guns by themselves.

[uncle23]

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is campaign financing an issue  ?

[djAdvocate]

Jan 4, 2016 10:20:51 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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i'm surprised no one is mentioning guns yet....


edit: its probably implied under domestic violence...

correct.  although, i was being fairly general.  it is one small aspect of the problem, imo.

[djAdvocate]

Jan 4, 2016 14:00:18 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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is campaign financing an issue  ?

good call.  i should have had that in there.

[mroped]

Campaign financing reform would have to be its own very independent subject. It is at this point so complicated that just as with a few other issues(i.e. Economical treaties) we might just have to scrap them and start from scratch.
How can one claim to be a fair and square person if elected if during the process of election they throw lies around about their opponent just to get ahead?
How can they claim that they would defend the interests of the middle class when their campaign is financed by special interests etc

As I said: it's own big, fat debate/discussion. 

It appears that there are so many important issues that ranking the first five is not enough

[dondub]

Bullets don't leave guns by themselves. .

[formerroomate99]

1.  Real campaign finance reform.  We are not going to have sensible government while the elites can buy elections.  

2.  Secure our borders.  

3.  Sensible welfare reform.  Get rid of those 'cliffs' that punish folks for bettering themselves.  Stop assuming that every idiot who can get pregnant will make a good parent.  More birth control.  More adoptions.  Having the state pick up the cost of an adoption is cheaper in the long run than paying some train wreck to destroy a kid's life.  Ditto for boarding school for older kids.

4. Sensible education reform.  More technical ed, less college prep.  Let's have the kids who aren't in the top 50% of their classes graduate able to do something other than retail.  

[Politically_Incorrect12]

1. Politicians who are only worried about getting elected during the next cycle, or only interested in making the other party look bad.

2. People who think "the other party" is evil or only run by extremists without realizing the issues of "their" party.

3.  People who aren't interested in balancing the budget, or are only interested in doing it if it doesn't involved them losing anything (this includes those people who vote for politicians who offer giveaways without any real regard for how to pay for it or if we can afford it).

4.  Having politics of hate instead of politics of debate (i.e. convincing voters to vote for you because the other person is worse or not realizing that we can all see the same data and have a different perspective about what the problem is or how to deal with it).

5.  Having people who politicize everything for personal gain.

If you deal with all the above, you'd be surprised how much of the other stuff gets fixed.

[uncle23]

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in this election can we focus on just one urgent issue and who do we think can best address it ?

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Jan 27, 2016 18:50:51 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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in this election can we focus on just one urgent issue and who do we think can best address it ?

Quit spending money we don't have!!!

[marvholly]

Forgot about this thread. Interesting the opinions here only slightly match those from my Senior discussion group last Thur.

Not sure if can remember 5:

1.  Its the economy Stupid (jobs & wages) TOP priority

2.  Middle east & homegrown terrorism

3.  Healthcare (ACA, Medicare, medicaid)

4.  Woman's issues/health care

Know there were several more that were somewhat popular but do not recall.

Another that I can think of now is judicial appointments - esp SCOUS as several are WAAAY due to retire.

[uncle23]

Jan 3, 2016 18:54:52 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Four Supreme Court justices are over the age of 70: Stephen Breyer is 74, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia are 76 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pancreatic cancer survivor, is 79.


Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24737791.html#storylink=cpy

Wait, the article is three years old so add that to the ages.

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Scalia's passing could make this a primary issue...

[billisonboard]

Feb 14, 2016 10:55:49 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

Jan 3, 2016 18:54:52 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Four Supreme Court justices are over the age of 70: Stephen Breyer is 74, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia are 76 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pancreatic cancer survivor, is 79.


Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24737791.html#storylink=cpy

Wait, the article is three years old so add that to the ages.

...


Scalia's passing could make this a primary issue...

Maybe even Top 5.